![Subject: End Discriminatory Universal Credit Cuts to Disabled People Dear [MP’s Name], The Severe Conditions Criteria (SCC) in the Universal Credit and PIP Bill is a crisis, slashing vital support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people. I urge your urgent action before the Third Reading on 9 July 2025. From April 2026, the SCC will cut the health element for new claimants from £97 per week to just £50—a loss of £2,444 a year. Only those with a terminal illness (under 12 months to live) or severe, lifelong conditions will keep the higher rate, protected from inflation. Existing claimants have transitional protection, but new claimants face a cruel divide. The SCC’s discriminatory rules will exclude eight in nine current support group claimants, despite disabling barriers. To qualify for the full £97-a-week health element, claimants must: Meet the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity criteria, proving significant disability. Have a constant, unchanging impair](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvGD4VxXoAAQhiv.jpg?name=small&format=webp)
ALT Subject: End Discriminatory Universal Credit Cuts to Disabled People Dear [MP’s Name], The Severe Conditions Criteria (SCC) in the Universal Credit and PIP Bill is a crisis, slashing vital support for hundreds of thousands of disabled people. I urge your urgent action before the Third Reading on 9 July 2025. From April 2026, the SCC will cut the health element for new claimants from £97 per week to just £50—a loss of £2,444 a year. Only those with a terminal illness (under 12 months to live) or severe, lifelong conditions will keep the higher rate, protected from inflation. Existing claimants have transitional protection, but new claimants face a cruel divide. The SCC’s discriminatory rules will exclude eight in nine current support group claimants, despite disabling barriers. To qualify for the full £97-a-week health element, claimants must: Meet the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity criteria, proving significant disability. Have a constant, unchanging impair

























